{
  "id": 18522074,
  "title": "Maharashtra FDA Seizes ₹50.35 Lakh Worth Hair Growth Oil In Nashik Over Baldness Cure Claims, Missing Licence Details",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/06/maharashtra-fda-seizes-50-35-lakh-worth-hair-growth-oil-in-nashik",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-11-06T15:19:41.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/mumbai/maharashtra-fda-seizes-5035-lakh-worth-hair-growth-oil-in-nashik-over-baldness-cure-claims-missing-licence-details"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Mumbai: The Maharashtra Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has seized 5,040 bottles of a hair growth oil, valued at Rs 50.35 lakh, from Nashik over alleged baldness cure claims without proper licensing details. The VS Hair Growth Oil, promoted on Instagram and Facebook, was found lacking the manufacturer's name, address, and license number on its labels. The product, sold at Rs 999 per 100 ml bottle, was seized after an FDA raid on M/s V. S. New Fashion Zone, a beauty salon and imitation jewellery outlet in Nashik on November 5. The label only listed the marketer's name, M/s V. S. New Fashion Zone, Nashik, along with the batch number, manufacturing date, and price. However, it failed to disclose the actual manufacturer or provide a manufacturing license number. The FDA seized the entire stock under the Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940. The salon's owner, Yogesh Bhagat, was reportedly operating without a manufacturing license or legal permissions. Samples have been sent for testing, and the FDA will investigate the actual manufacturer, potentially leading to further legal action.",
  "summary": "Mumbai: Promising to grow hair even on completely bald heads, an Ayurvedic hair oil advertised on Instagram and Facebook has landed in the Maharashtra Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) net. The FDA's Nashik division has seized 5,040 bottles of the product, valued at Rs 50.35 lakh, after finding that its labels did not carry the manufacturer's name, address or manufacturing licence number. VS…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}